Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: synthesis, biocompatibility and drug delivery

F Tang, L Li, D Chen - Advanced materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decade, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have attracted more and more
attention for their potential biomedical applications. With their tailored mesoporous structure …

Hollow‐structured mesoporous materials: chemical synthesis, functionalization and applications

Y Li, J Shi - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hollow‐structured mesoporous materials (HMMs), as a kind of mesoporous material with
unique morphology, have been of great interest in the past decade because of the subtle …

Nanooncology: the future of cancer diagnosis and therapy

AS Thakor, SS Gambhir - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, there has been an unprecedented expansion in the field of nanomedicine
with the development of new nanoparticles for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer …

Design, synthesis and applications of core–shell, hollow core, and nanorattle multifunctional nanostructures

AM El-Toni, MA Habila, JP Labis, ZA ALOthman… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
With the evolution of nanoscience and nanotechnology, studies have been focused on
manipulating nanoparticle properties through the control of their size, composition, and …

Hollow micro‐/nanostructures: synthesis and applications

XW Lou, LA Archer, Z Yang - Advanced Materials, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

Hollow multishell structures exercise temporal–spatial ordering and dynamic smart behaviour

J Wang, J Wan, N Yang, Q Li, D Wang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
A hollow multishell structure (HoMS) is an assembly of multiple shells with voids between
the individual shells. Accessible through nanopores, these voids represent separate …

Mesoporous materials for drug delivery

M Vallet‐Regí, F Balas, D Arcos - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Research on mesoporous materials for biomedical purposes has experienced an
outstanding increase during recent years. Since 2001, when MCM‐41 was first proposed as …

Biomineralization as an inspiration for materials chemistry

F Nudelman, NAJM Sommerdijk - … Chemie International Edition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Living organisms are well known for building a wide range of specially designed organic–
inorganic hybrid materials such as bone, teeth, and shells, which are highly sophisticated in …

Nanoparticles in cellular drug delivery

AH Faraji, P Wipf - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
This review highlights the properties of nanoparticles used in targeted drug delivery,
including delivery to cells as well as organelle targets, some of the known pharmacokinetic …

Controlling mineral morphologies and structures in biological and synthetic systems

FC Meldrum, H Cölfen - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
The unique and frequently beautiful morphologies that characterize many biominerals have
long been a source of fascination. While research began by looking first at individual …